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Alina Selyukh is a business correspondent at NPR, where she covers retail, low-wage work, big brands and other aspects of the consumer economy. Her work has been recognized by the Gracie Awards, the National Headliner Award and the Society of American Business Editors and Writers.

Before joining NPR in 2015, Selyukh spent five years at Reuters, where she covered tech, telecom and cybersecurity policy, campaign finance during the 2012 election cycle, health care policy and the Food and Drug Administration, and a bit of financial markets and IPOs.

Previously, Selyukh reported for CNN in Moscow, ABC News in Nebraska, and NationalJournal.com in Washington, D.C. At her alma mater, she helped in the production of a documentary for NET Television, Nebraska's PBS station. Selyukh began her career in journalism at age 13, freelancing for a local TV station and several newspapers in her home town of Samara in Russia.

She received a bachelor's degree in broadcasting, news-editorial and political science from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

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Wednesday

Starbucks has hired a new CEO to turn around sales declines. Matt Rourke/AP hide caption

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STARBUCKS BACK TO STARBUCKS

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Saturday

FTC orders companies to make canceling subscriptions as easy as signing up for them

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Wednesday

Federal regulators have finalized the "click to cancel" rule for memberships and subscriptions. Andrey Yelkin/iStock/Getty Images Plus hide caption

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Tuesday

Sunday

It's Spirit Halloween season. How does the retailer stay afloat year-round?

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Friday

CVS and Walgreens close stores — rethink their role in our lives

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Tuesday

At its lowest point in years, Nike strives to recover from slumping sales

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Wednesday

Colorful Tupperware products are displayed at a selling party in California. Garrett Cheen/AP hide caption

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Tupperware bankruptcy

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Friday

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection technician monitors overseas parcels as they get scanned at a mail inspection facility in Chicago. Charles Rex Arbogast/AP hide caption

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Monday

A woman shops in a supermarket in New York on Jan. 27. Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Grocery prices & corporate profits

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Tuesday

The biggest supermarket merger in U.S. history is in the hands of a federal judge

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Sunday

Anti-trust lawsuit involving the two biggest grocery retailers starts Monday

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Friday

The giant of fast fashion Shein is suing its ultracheap rival Temu

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Friday

KD Deshmukh says he recently celebrated his spouse's birthday with a salmon dinner at home. He also buys in bulk, clips coupons and has switched to more store brands to save money at the grocery store. Steven Pruitt hide caption

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Tuesday

McDonald's is losing customers to inflation

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Monday

McDonald's is losing customers to inflation

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Sunday

Companies' quarterly earnings reports hint at possible relief from high prices

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Thursday

How the high cost of groceries is changing what American shoppers put in their carts

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Wednesday

A customer pays for their food at a Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurant in Austin, Texas. Chipotle says its portion sizes have not shrunk, despite complaints shared on social media. Brandon Bell/Getty Images/Getty Images North America hide caption

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Monday

Bonnie Boop is now a people lead at Walmart in Huntsville, Ala. She received college credit for a company training program, graduating with a bachelor's degree last year. Andi Rice for NPR/Andi Rice for NPR hide caption

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College credit for job experience

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Friday

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos speaks at an event unveiling the Kindle 2.0 in 2009. Bezos founded the company in his Bellevue, Wash. garage 30 years ago on July 5, 1995. Mario Tama/Getty Images/Getty Images North America hide caption

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Amazon is 30. Here's how a book store gobbled up all of e-commerce

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Thursday

Tuesday

Amazon Labor Union President Chris Smalls leads a pro-union march in New York City in 2022. Workers at an Amazon warehouse on Staten Island voted to unionize that year, but they've since struggled to negotiate a contract with the company. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images/Getty Images North America hide caption

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